Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) signed legislation Thursday prohibiting law-abiding Virginians from being armed for self-defense in hospitals.
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Will artificial intelligence disrupt and revolutionize the betting industry moving forward?
Some companies are looking to answer that question ahead of the 2026 World Cup, by compiling data and feeding it through AI agents.
'Are soccer fans better off with AI rather than simply going with the odds?'
One such company fed Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 4.6 over 1,200 data points to predict every match in the World Cup and determine the outcome.
The analysis from Action Network delivered 57 pages and more than 19,000 words on who would win which match, mapping out an entire bracket for soccer fans.
AI predictionsUsing "international form, World Cup history, squad market value" and "coach profiles," the in-depth look from Claude had France as the winner over Argentina in the final.
World Soccer Talk took a similar approach with Google Gemini and included analysis of style of play, performance under certain climates, squad depth, and manager performance. The AI spit out Spain as the most likely winner of the tournament. However, asking Gemini for a simple prediction straight up would have garnered the same outcome, with Spain winning 2-1 over France.
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Microsoft CoPilot figured the consistency, "elite depth," and pipeline of talent were reasons enough to predict France as the likely winner, according to AS.
An "unusually strong blend of factors" such as prime-age talent and an "established possession-based system" were among the factors ChatGPT gave to place Spain as the likely winner for 2026, in a 2-1 win over France.
The only AI to go slightly off-the-board was Grok, which cited "unmatched" squad depth coupled with elite attackers as the reason why Brazil will likely win the tournament, 2-1 over France.
AI versus the houseBy using either complex analyses or even simply posing the question to chatbots, are soccer fans better off with AI rather than simply going with the odds?
The short answer is no.
Gamblers will steal lean with their intuition and real-life knowledge of the teams, and while these reports could assist in completing a bracket, casual or for-fun bettors are just as well off to go with the favorites.
Most odds-setters have listed Spain and France as neck-and-neck favorites to win, typically around +450.
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Grok going with Brazil to win it all — which is listed as the fourth or fifth favorite behind England and sometimes Argentina — is the only outlier of the popular chatbots that did not go with a favorite.
What this likely means is that the information that is publicly available and provided to the chatbots is essentially the same; this is not the same as an NFL team using their own internal scouting data to find their next draft pick — this is chatbots farming the same data used by odds-makers and coming to similar conclusions.
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A tourist attraction meant to captivate children ended up with one of them being beaten up.
China's flagship robots have shown to malfunction so much that it is hard to take the showcase from February as seriously as before, and now they are endangering children.
'The humanoid was described as a "Jerk clown robot."'
Months ago, Unitree, one of China's leading robotics companies, was showing off moves that seemed both futuristic and flawless. Now, the cracks have begun show in the models, along with the distinct possibility that they are being used as spy machines.
The latest hijinks from the Unitree G1 model took place at Children's Day in Xinjiang, China. The public seemingly lined up at the popular tourist spot called the Urumqi Botanical Garden, Newsflare reported, to see a kung-fu demonstration from one of the humanoid bots.
While performing a routine, a robot fitted with a blue wig took just seven seconds to kick a nearby child in the stomach.
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The routine was seemingly stopped, with the robot slowly backing off as it was likely being controlled in some manner.
The bot was described as a "jerk clown robot" by Russian outlet RT, which reported that while the child "was not seriously hurt," his mother complained that staff at the event were slow to react.
Days earlier, children were presented with similar robots in a "Waste-to-robot" event for kindergartners in Huaibei, Anhui Province, of China. Children crafted their robots out of waste for a presentation, before getting getting their hands on one of Unitree's expensive ($13,500) G1 bots.
The event was a celebration in the lead-up to Children's Day.
In late May, another G1 took a stumble seen around the world during an attempt at a Michael Jackson dance routine.
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While dancing to the classic song "Billie Jean," a G1 face-planted on a flight of stairs and remained motionless until it was embarrassingly dragged offstage by a staff member.
A different dance routine went off the rails in February when a street-performer bot took a tumble. The robot flailed as the likely owner tried to grab it, resulting in a swift kick in the face that reportedly left the man's nose bloody.
Axios reported on research last year that showed there was public-facing spyware installed in some of Unitree's robots, meaning anyone with the proper information could view live camera feeds without login credentials through the bots, specifically Unitree's G01 robot dogs.
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A lawsuit filed by the Public Integrity Project seeks to stop the upcoming UFC match on the White House South Lawn.
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The Iranian armed forces claimed in comments published on Monday that the missile assault on Israel they launched the day before had concluded — but reportedly threatened continued bombings, including against American oil facilities, if the terror regime considered it necessary.
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At least 31 people were shot, five of them fatally, during the weekend in Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson's Chicago.
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A poll shows many Democrats would rather live in a different country and wave goodbye to the United States of America, the news coming as more in the party view socialism favorably.
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How is this permitted? Why aren't these jihadi doctors struck off and deported if foreign born?
I will say what no one will say, any Jew who goes to a Muslim doctor is taking their own life in their hands.
Several U.S. servicemen say they were screened for mental illness after refusing the COVID-19 vaccine.
They are given a voice in the documentary "Duty to Disobey," which showcases stories from current and former military members who were seemingly treated with malice under the Joe Biden administration.
'An 11x rise in neurological deficits after the vaccine.'
The production comes from Children's Health Defense, an organization founded in 2007 that was chaired by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from 2015 to 2023.
Cattle callIn the documentary, military members described the mass amount of vaccines they were given during their service time, with one describing soldiers as being "lined up like cattle" to receive shots they never agreed to.
Much of the documentary's first half touches on the history and duty of those in the military to lawfully disobey orders, the primary thesis of the film. Some examples like the Abu Ghraib prison as well as the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War were provided as instances in which soldiers were criticized for not refusing unlawful orders.
"In court, it is never a defense to say, 'Well, I was ordered to do it,' if you knew it was unlawful," said Nick Kupper, retired U.S. Air Force master sergeant.
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Shocking numbers
The film also discussed Gulf War syndrome and linked it to the anthrax vaccine as an example of when disobeying an immunization would have proved beneficiary to service members. Veterans Affairs says, "Further research has found no evidence that links the anthrax vaccine with illness among Gulf War Veterans."
The film follows discussions with armed forces members like Dr. Theresa M. Long, a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army who said she experienced a medical practitioner's lifetime of epidemiology in terms of vaccine side effects.
This included heart attacks, strokes, and even multiple sclerosis in young soldiers as a result of the vaccine, she claimed.
Pete "Doc" Chambers, a retired lieutenant colonel and Green Beret for the U.S. Army, said that Long alerted him to internal statistics about the vaccine side effects and was just as shocked to see the numbers.
"1,100% — an 11x rise in neurological deficits" after the vaccine, Chambers claimed, which refers to abnormal neurologic function in a specific part of the body, caused by injury or dysfunction in the brain.
Doc also said that after he and Long exposed the true nature of the injuries, the internal network went offline, and figures were presented differently once the service went back online.
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'Insider threat'Several people featured in the documentary said they were tested for mental health issues when they dared to link the mRNA vaccine to medical problems they were having. A former major and chaplain said he was taken for a mental evaluation after being told he must have something wrong with him if he thought his heart problems stemmed from the vaccine.
A staff segreant was described as an "insider threat" in internal documents that said he may have been "potentially radicalized by an anti-US government group in the wake of his refusal to take the COVID vaccine."
"Duty to Disobey" is an eye-opening production that provides relatively shocking information even to those who may go into their viewing having already agreed with its premise.
At just over an hour, the documentary goes into potential remedies for the former members that suggest job and schooling offers and updates to the U.S. military's religious accommodation process.
However, the bulk of the piece centers around the extraordinary stories and hardships suffered by servicemen during the COVID-19 years.
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Former reality TV star Spencer Pratt was on track to advance to the November general election for mayor of Los Angeles against incumbent Karen Bass. However, over the weekend, third-place challenger L.A. City Councilwoman Nithya Raman began to make substantial gains amid California’s week-long vote-counting process.
Pratt appeared to have a strong lead over Raman on Wednesday, one day after the election, with over 40,000 more votes. That lead slowly shrank over the next several days, dropping to a 33,000-vote lead on Friday.
'43,000, huh? Where have I seen that number before...?'
Raman jumped from roughly 111,000 votes on Wednesday to 197,000 as of Monday morning, allowing her to squeak past Pratt by just over 3,000 votes, according to the Associated Press.
“On election night, Pratt led Raman by about 40,000 votes — roughly a 10-point advantage,” KTTV reporter Matthew Seedorff stated. “As of tonight, Raman now leads Pratt by about 3,100 votes, a net swing of more than 43,000 votes since Tuesday.”
“43,000, huh? Where have I seen that number before...?” Pratt replied in a post on social media, sharing a screenshot of a March article about the 43,699 homeless people living in Los Angeles. “Probably nothing.”
Nearly one week after Election Day, California has counted only 83% of the votes.
The AP has not yet reported who will go head-to-head with Bass in the runoff race.
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The final polls leading up to the election showed the three candidates separated by a few points.
A survey conducted May 19-24 by the University of California Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies and co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Times gave Bass just a one-point lead over Raman and a four-point lead over Pratt, which the Times referred to as “statistically insignificant” for the incumbent mayor.
When asked which issues matter most to them, nearly all of the surveyed Pratt supporters expressed concern about waste and political corruption, as well as crime and public safety. Meanwhile, Bass and Raman supporters, who provided similar responses, stated that they prioritize protecting immigrants, moving the homeless indoors, and building more affordable housing.
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While the mayoral race is nonpartisan, Pratt, a registered Republican, has run an impressive campaign in the Democratic stronghold city where only 15% of the population is registered as Republican.
Voters will begin receiving mail-in ballots for the general election in early October.
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The idea that this far left candidate "Hail Mary" pass is "Heil Hitler" tells you everything you need to know about the new left.